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"First mistake," Marcus said, double-clicking the feed stream. "Property Method. We'll use Peng-Robinson. Don't ask why. Just do it."

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She smiled. "It worked."

He clicked and dragged. A . A Heater . A RadFrac column. The canvas filled with blue blocks and green streams. Chloe scribbled furiously. Don't ask why

"No," she said quietly. "Look. You set the distillate rate to 45 kmol/hr, but the bottoms composition spec is 99% Toluene. The mass balance doesn't close. The machine is telling you you're asking for a unicorn." "It worked

"That's because it is a black box," Marcus replied, opening a fresh simulation file. "Watch. We're building a simple distillation column for a Benzene-Toluene split. Feed: 100 kmol/hr, 50/50 mix. Column: 10 stages, total condenser, partial reboiler."

Chloe, armed with a notebook and a relentless spark of curiosity, didn't flinch. "I read the manual. But I don't get it. It just feels like a black box."